NGC 337A
NGC 337A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABd
50 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
38k ly
across
12.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 50 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 337A as it looked roughly 50 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
NGC 428Spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 178Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 63Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 779Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 936Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 1055Barred spiral22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 178Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 63Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 779Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 936Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 1055Barred spiral22 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).